A joint team, AOS, PPNEA, RAPA Gjirokastรซr and our local conservation group have started the monitoring of the territories of the ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ (๐ก๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐) in Albania aiming to find out the territories used for this year, the number of breeding pairs and the location of the nests.
This monitoring process, expected to last until September, will provide also the number of fledglings per nest or the reproduction success. This parameter is extremely important because we expect those fledglings would furnish in the near future the endangered population of the Egyptian Vulture in Albania.
On this first monitoring day, started in ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐น), the team has managed to find out a breeding pair and we are continuing with our efforts until finding out the exact location of the nest.
At least, ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ will be regularly monitored this year, while the team will also control other former territories.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฉ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, needs during this breeding season the help and the conservation measures of the NGOs, local inhabitants and the Albanian authorities to save it from poisoning, the main threat for this symbolic bird of Albania.
This activity was carried out under the frames of the LIFE+ project โEgyptian vulture New LIFEโ (LIFE16 NAT/BG/000874).
